DHL has welcomed the UK’s Prime Minister (PM) Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP to its recently opened London Gateway facility in Essex to highlight the importance of logistics services to the UK economy.
During the visit on April 30, Sunak got first-hand experience of how goods flow through the UK supply chain and into shops and homes. Saul Resnick, CEO of DHL Supply Chain UK and Ireland, gave the PM a tour of the facilities before a group of DHL colleagues were invited to the latest PM Connect town hall event.
Sunak said, “It was a pleasure to visit DHL’s London Gateway distribution center to speak to staff and tour the impressive site. DHL and Mars’ £350m [US$439m] investment into this site is a big boost for the area, creating hundreds of jobs.”
Resnick added, “We were delighted to welcome the Prime Minister to our world-class facility to show how DHL is enabling growth for British businesses, developing infrastructure for a more sustainable future and investing in talent. It was a fantastic opportunity for our colleagues to showcase the essential work they do to keep goods flowing around the country as well as ask important questions about the issues that matter to them.”
DHL’s London Gateway is one of the most environmentally sustainable industrial buildings in the country, featuring 3,700 solar panels, which produce 27% of the site’s power requirements. The site is the tallest in Europe and currently handles 2,400 pallets of goods a day.